US Reconstruction Era 3

Question 1

Who was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate, taking office in 1870?

Accepted Answer

Hiram Revels

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Frederick Douglass

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Blanche Bruce

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Robert Brown Elliott

Question 2

Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached by the House of Representatives in 1868?

Accepted Answer

For violating the Tenure of Office Act by attempting to remove Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

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For secretly supporting Confederate leaders after the war

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For refusing to enforce the Reconstruction Acts passed by Congress

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For withdrawing federal troops from Southern states without Congressional approval

Question 3

Which former Confederate state was the first to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War, in 1866?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee

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Virginia

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Georgia

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Arkansas

Question 4

The Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896 had what major effect on post-Reconstruction America?

Accepted Answer

It upheld racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine

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It struck down the Black Codes passed by Southern states

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It granted voting rights protections to African Americans in Southern states

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It ruled that sharecropping contracts were unconstitutional

Question 5

What was the main goal of the Enforcement Acts (Ku Klux Klan Acts) of 1870–1871?

Accepted Answer

To combat Klan violence and protect Black Americans' civil and voting rights in the South

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To restrict the migration of freed slaves to Northern states

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To enforce the repayment of war debts by former Confederate states

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To regulate sharecropping contracts between landlords and tenant farmers

Question 6

How did the 'Redeemer' governments that took power in Southern states after Reconstruction primarily operate?

Accepted Answer

By using legal restrictions and violence to disenfranchise Black voters and restore white Democratic control

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By continuing Republican Reconstruction policies and expanding Black civil rights

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By investing in public education and industrial development for all races

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By maintaining federal troops to enforce the 15th Amendment

Question 7

Which term describes the system of racial segregation laws that replaced Reconstruction in the South and lasted into the mid-20th century?

Accepted Answer

The Jim Crow era

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The Black Codes era

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The Carpetbagger period

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The Redeemer Compact